OUR GUIDE TO MELBOURNE

What is quintessentially Melbourne? Maybe the loud dings of a tram gliding past come to mind, sitting on a milk crate with a delicious sandwich, or the silence before the first bounce of an AFL game.

In collaboration with our destination partner Melbourne. Every Bit Different, we curated 22 Weird and Wonderful things about Melbourne and Victoria to prove why this incredible state is every bit different.

See here for more things to experience in Melbourne and Victoria.

22 WEIRD & WONDERFUL THINGS OF MELBOURNE

Ordering a coffee through a laneway hole-in-the-wall

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Drinking wine in a pocket park that sits in the middle of the road

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The old-school diner at the Coburg drive-in

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Getting your jeans tailored at Dejour Jeans

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Walking down Brunswick Street and discovering five different live gigs at once

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Having a Watermelon Granita at Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar

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The silence before the first bounce of an AFL game

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Sitting on milk crates while eating an excellent sandwich

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Losing an entire day inside Curtin House

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Rows of historic heritage houses tucked in inner-city streets

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Queuing for a cult bakery on a Saturday morning

Picking up a veggie box from a Melbourne market and feeling very virtuous about it

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Riding Puffing Billy through the Dandenong ranges

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A late-night feed in the world’s oldest continuous Chinatown

A “hot girl walk” around the Tan

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Street art appearing overnight in Hosier or AC/DC lane

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Moving from dinosaurs to contemporary fashion to first nations storytelling at Melbourne Museum

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The iconic pink phone booth at The Langham, Melbourne

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Singing sea shanty’s in a Spanish courtyard

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The hidden Elvis Presley Memorial Garden at Melbourne General Cemetery in Carlton

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Skaters carving up Princes Pier as the sun goes down

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Spotting unapologetically unique street style at PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival

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